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Home | South GeorgiaSOUTH GEORGIA: Current and Archived Articles View: Current (5) - Archived (22) - All (27)Select individual articles below or view all current and archived articles on one page. |
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- 1: Internet News Relevant to the Falklands (10/04/08) - S.Georgia (Heritage) - 10.04.2008
- For the past week relevant internet news was dominated by the remarkable physical challenge of Blind Dave Heeley and his sighted guide, Malcolm Carr.
- 2: South Georgia News and Events for February 2008 - S.Georgia (Heritage) - 08.03.2008
- The February edition of South Georgia News and Events is out and the article below is included in this very informative on line newsletter. Enjoy!
Graphic (c) Crown Copyright - Royal Navy - M/S Explorer on the bottom
- 3: South Georgia - Up and coming tourist season - S.Georgia (Tourism/Travel) - 10.10.2007
- The South Georgia Website reports that the tourist season starts next month with five yachts due to arrive at the Island in the week from October 11th. At least three of the yachts are bringing expedition groups.
- 4: South Georgia - Fishing and Shipping News - S.Georgia (Fisheries) - 10.10.2007
- The last of the krill trawlers finished fishing at the beginning of the month, leaving just one icefish trawler fishing in the South Georgia Maritime Zone (SGMZ).
- 5: NG ENDEAVOUR: Return to Grytviken - S.Georgia (Tourism/Travel) - 16.04.2007
- My previous visit to Grytviken had been accented by the tour I took of the asbestos removal project at the whaling station. This year it had been completed and I was able to show others about the project. The abandoned oil tanks had been steam cleaned and all of the unsafe buildings were torn down, leaving the machinery exposed.
Photo (c) J. Brock (FINN) Exposed machinery once housed in a dangerous building.
- 6: So. Georgia Fisheries: Sigma Replacement Announced - S.Georgia (Shipping/Freight) - 08.09.2006
- Pharos IX will replace the SIGMA as a South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands Fisheries Patrol Vessel.
- 7: Quark and Freiremar Appeal Against Fishing Convictions - S.Georgia (Legal) - 17.01.2006
- Quark Fishing Limited and Freiremar SA are appealing against convictions and fines imposed on them for licence violations that occurred in South Georgia waters in 2004.
- 8: Ellen MacArthur at ACAP Petrel Survey - S.Georgia (Environment) - 16.01.2006
- The South Georgia website has published its own account of Dame Ellen MacArthur's arrival to do the ACAP survey with Sally Poncet.
Photo (c) Javier Fernandez - Ellen MacArthur at King Edward Point South Georgia
- 9: RAF to Over-fly New Volcanic Territory - S.Georgia (Environment) - 12.01.2006
- The Royal Airforce plan to over-fly Montagu Island in the South Sandwich chain to view new territory created by an eruption on Mt. Belinda.
- 10: Dr. Walton Sets the Record Straight about Krill Exploitation and Oil Exploration in Antarctic Waters - S.Georgia (Environment) - 12.12.2005
- BAS's Dr. David Walton sheds some light on two important areas of Antarctic Research.
Photo (c) J. Brock (SARTMA) - Dr. Walton During a lecture about the five-year plan for Antarctic research.
- 11: South Georgia Heritage Trust To Raise Funds for Restoration - S.Georgia (Heritage) - 02.12.2005
- The South Georgia Heritage Trust will be restoring the exterior of the Manager's Villa at Stormness, where Shackleton sought help after his epic journey.
- 12: BSES Volunteers off to South Georgia - S.Georgia (Heritage) - 02.12.2005
- David Nicholls is scouting out possible areas to climb in South Georgia and he is bringing some volunteers with him.
Photo (c) J. Brock (FINN) The South Georgia Team
- 13: South Georgia Circumnavigation Completed by British Kayak Team - S.Georgia (Education) - 01.12.2005
- The British shaved two days off New Zealand's record.
- 14: Should Observers be Put Aboard Krill Vessels? - S.Georgia (Fisheries) - 25.11.2005
- Why does food that fish eat have to be caught and processed for them?
- 15: Dame Ellen Heads for South Georgia - S.Georgia (Fisheries) - 21.10.2005
- Dame Ellen MacArthur is headed for South Georgia to research Albatross.
Photo (c) Ned Kelly Albatross on Bird Island
- 16: GRYTVIKEN WASTE REMOVAL: AN EXERCISE IN HISTORICAL PRESERVATION - S.Georgia (Health) - 30.04.2004
- You might think that removing the dangerous bits of Grytviken’s whaling station would mean the total clearance of all that was brought to the site in the early part of the last century but you would be wrong.
Photos (C) J. Brock (SARTMA - SG) and Vladimir Seliverstov - The Albatrosss and Dias before and after.
- 17: South Georgia Fishery: Success and Tragedy - S.Georgia (Fisheries) - 28.04.2004
- In this second extensive interview with Patrick Lurcock, the Marine Officer for the 200-Mile South Georgia Fishery Zone, SARTMA has been able to update readers on the progress that the South Georgia fishery has made.
Photo (c) J. Brock (SARTMA - SG)
- 18: BSES: In the Footsteps of Shackleton - S.Georgia (Environment) - 30.11.2003
- Twenty-one young explorers and nine experienced leaders are now approximately half way through their three-month adventure of a lifetime.
Photo (c) J. Brock (SARTMA)
- 19: Successful Legal Toothfish Marketing: Consumers Need to Get Involved - S.Georgia (Fisheries) - 22.09.2003
- Seabird-friendly toothfish could be marketed in the way that Dolphin-friendly Tuna is.
- 20: Accommodation Camp On Its Way To South Georgia - S.Georgia (Heritage) - 14.08.2003
 - The Government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands is spending a huge amount of money to rid Grytviken of asbestos.
Photo(c) Stuart Broughton The saunting task ahead.
- 21: South Georgia Residents Rescue Stranded Fishermen - S.Georgia (Fisheries) - 23.05.2003
 - The residents of South Georgia had their hands full earlier this month when three ships ran aground in bad weather. Two are still there.
Photo (c) Dr. Sue Dowling - The cast of characters who winter over in South Georgia in 2003:
Back (L-R)Tim Carr, Pauline Car, Suzi Hawkins, Rich Mitchell
Middle (L-R) Howie Owen, John Clemens,Frin Ross, Sarah Lurcock, Ian Parsons
Front (L-R)Sue Dowling, Andy Godsell, Rob Gater, Pat Lurcock
- 22: M/S Endeavour: Deja Vu with Friends and Familiar Places - S.Georgia (Tourism/Travel) - 03.05.2003
 - It had been 17 years since my last visit and South Georgia had changed considerably.
Photo (c) Lyle Craigie Halkett Grytviken from a distance
- 23: South Georgia Toothfish Season Opens - S.Georgia (Fisheries) - 03.05.2003
- Despite the bad weather, the much sought after Toothfish licences have been taken up and people have gone long-lining for the resource.
- 24: SGSSI Toothfish Licences Allocated - S.Georgia (Fisheries) - 24.04.2003
- The Island's Toothfish licences have been allocated for next season.
- 25: Commissioner Talks About South Georgia Trip - S.Georgia (Heritage) - 12.04.2003
 - The Commissioner for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands speaks to the BBC about his South Georgia trip.
- 26: South Georgia Maritime Zone: A Successful Partnership - S.Georgia (Fisheries) - 07.04.2003
 - The second half of the South Georgia Maritime Zone's marriage of management and science is carried out in a lab and on fishing boats.
- 27: South Georgia Management Zone: - S.Georgia (Fisheries) - 02.04.2003
 - A Successful Marriage of Management and Science!
Find out why management and science are needed for a top - class fishery.
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